Zind-Humbrecht, Riesling Brand Alsace Grand Cru, 1992 (375ml) Matthiasson Fall 2024 and the 2019 vintage gave

and the 2019 vintage gave it concentrated red and dark fruit with classical Côte de Nuits structure

with just enough barrel polish to add texture without weight

getting ready for a night out

revealing its complexity and depth

Drink it slightly cool

Zind-Humbrecht, Riesling Brand Alsace Grand Cru, 1992 (375ml) Matthiasson Fall 2024 and the 2019 vintage gaveA mature half bottle of Riesling from Brand, the warm granite Grand Cru above Turckheim whose name ("the burned slope") hints at the heat it traps. Granite gives Brand Riesling a firm, mineral backbone, and more than three decades in bottle have layered toast, petrol, and dried citrus complexity over that frame. This is what patient cellaring does to great Riesling. From Zind Humbrecht, the biodynamic benchmark estate of Olivier Humbrecht, France's